Halloween at the Oscars
Good evening. I have brought you to life the most spine-tingling, most teeth-chattering, most scream-inducing features the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has to offer! So bring your popcorn bucket and movie packets of candy, and get ready to scream!!!
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- DirectorArthur LubinStarsNelson EddySusanna FosterClaude RainsAn acid-scarred composer rises from the Paris sewers to boost his favorite opera understudy's career.Oscar wins for Best Art Direction – Interior Decoration (Color) (Alexander Golitzen and John B. Goodman (interior decoration by Russell A. Gausman and Ira S. Webb)), Best Cinematography (Color) (Howard W. Greene and Hal Mohr)
Oscar nominations for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture (Edward Ward), Best Sound Recording (Bernard B. Brown) - DirectorTed ParmeleeStarsJames MasonJack MatherA madman tells his tale of murder, and how a strange beating sound haunted him afterward.Oscar nomination for Best Short Subject – Cartoons
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAnthony PerkinsJanet LeighVera MilesA Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.Oscar nominations for Best Art Direction (Black-and-White) (Joseph Hurley and Robert Clatworthy (set decoration by George Milo)), Best Cinematography (Black-and-White) (John L. Russell), Best Director (Alfred Hitchcock), Best Supporting Actress (Janet Leigh)
- DirectorRobert AldrichStarsBette DavisJoan CrawfordVictor BuonoA former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.Oscar win for Best Costume Design (Black-and-White) (Norma Koch)
Oscar nominations for Best Actress (Bette Davis), Best Cinematography (Black-and-White) (Ernest Haller), Best Sound (Joseph D. Kelly), (Best Supporting Actor (Victor Buono) - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsRod TaylorTippi HedrenJessica TandyA wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.Oscar nomination for Best Special Effects (Ub Iwerks)
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsMia FarrowJohn CassavetesRuth GordonA young couple trying for a baby moves into an aging, ornate apartment building on Central Park West, where they find themselves surrounded by peculiar neighbors.Oscar win for Best Supporting Actress (Ruth Gordon)
Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Roman Polanski) - DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsLee MontgomeryJoseph CampanellaArthur O'ConnellA lonely boy befriends Ben, the leader of a violent swarm of killer rats.Oscar nomination for Best Song Original for the Picture ("Ben")
- DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsEllen BurstynMax von SydowLinda BlairWhen a young girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.Oscar wins for Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (William Peter Blatty), Best Sound (Robert Knudson and Chris Newman)
Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Actress (Ellen Burstyn), Best Art Direction (Bill Malley (set decoration by Jerry Wunderlich)), Best Cinematography (Owen Roizman), Best Director (William Friedkin); Best Film Editing (Norman Gay, Jordan Leondopoulos, Evan A. Lottman, and Bud S. Smith); Best Supporting Actor (Jason Miller), Best Supporting Actress (Linda Blair) - DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsPaul WilliamsWilliam FinleyJessica HarperA disfigured composer sells his soul for the woman he loves so that she will perform his music. However, an evil record tycoon betrays him and steals his music to open his rock palace, The Paradise.Oscar nomination for Best Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation or Scoring: Adaptation (Paul Williams (adapted by Williams and George Aliceson Tipton))
- DirectorMel BrooksStarsGene WilderMadeline KahnMarty FeldmanAn American grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that his grandfather was not as insane as people believe, is invited to Transylvania, where he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body.Oscar nominations for Best Screenplay Adapted from Other Material (Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder), Best Sound (Gene Cantamessa and Richard Portman)
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsRoy ScheiderRobert ShawRichard DreyfussWhen a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Cape Cod, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.Oscar wins for Best Film Editing (Verna Fields), Best Original Score (John Williams); Best Sound (John Carter, Roger Heman, Robert L. Hoyt, and Earl Madery)
Oscar nomination for Best Picture - DirectorRichard DonnerStarsGregory PeckLee RemickHarvey StephensMysterious deaths surround an American ambassador. Could the child that he is raising actually be the Antichrist? The Devil's own son?Oscar win for Best Original Score (Jerry Goldsmith)
Oscar nomination for Best Original Song ("Ave Satani") - DirectorIrwin AllenStarsMichael CaineKatharine RossRichard WidmarkA huge swarm of deadly African bees spreads terror over American cities by killing thousands of people.Oscar nomination for Best Costume Design (Paul Zastupnevich)
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsSigourney WeaverTom SkerrittJohn HurtThe crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.Oscar win for Best Visual Effects (Nick Allder, Dennis Ayling, H. R. Giger, Brian Johnson, and Carlo Rambaldi)
Oscar nomination for Best Art Direction (Roger Christian, Leslie Dilley, and Michael Seymour (set decoration by Ian Whittaker)) - DirectorStuart RosenbergStarsJames BrolinMargot KidderRod SteigerNewlyweds and their three children move into a large house where a mass murder was committed. They start to experience strange, inexplicable manifestations which have strong effects on everyone living in or visiting the house.Oscar nomination for Best Original Score (Lalo Schifrin)
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsDavid NaughtonJenny AgutterJoe BelcherTwo American college students on a walking tour of Britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.Oscar win for Best Makeup (Rick Baker)
- DirectorTobe HooperStarsJoBeth WilliamsHeather O'RourkeCraig T. NelsonA family's home is haunted by a host of demonic ghosts.Oscar nominations for Best Original Score (Jerry Goldsmith), Best Sound Effects Editing (Richard Anderson and Stephen Hunter Flick); Best Visual Effects (Richard Edlund, Bruce Nicholson, and Michael Wood)
- DirectorIvan ReitmanStarsBill MurrayDan AykroydSigourney WeaverThree parapsychologists forced out of their university funding set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in New York City, attracting frightened yet skeptical customers.Oscar nominations for Best Original Song ("Ghostbusters"); Best Visual Effects (John Bruno, Richard Edlund, Chuck Gaspar, and Mark Vargo)
- DirectorJames CameronStarsSigourney WeaverMichael BiehnCarrie HennDecades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring.Oscar wins for Best Sound Effects Editing (Don Sharpe); Best Visual Effects (Suzanne M. Benson, John Richardson, Robert Skotak, and Stan Winston)
Oscar nominations for Best Actress (Sigourney Weaver), Best Art Direction (Peter Lamont (set decoration by Crispian Sallis)), Best Film Editing (Ray Lovejoy), Best Original Score (Jerry Goldsmith); Best Sound (Michael A. Carter, Roy Charman, Graham V. Hartstone, and Nicolas Le Messurier) - DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJeff GoldblumGeena DavisJohn GetzA brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.Oscar win for Best Makeup (Stephan Dupuis and Chris Walas)
- DirectorFrank OzStarsRick MoranisEllen GreeneVincent GardeniaA nerdy florist finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed.Oscar nominations for Best Original Song ("Mean Green Mother from Outer Space"); Best Visual Effects (Lyle Conway, Bran Ferren, and Martin Gutteridge)
- DirectorBrian GibsonStarsJoBeth WilliamsCraig T. NelsonHeather O'RourkeThe Freeling family have a new house, but their troubles with supernatural forces don't seem to be over.Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects (John Bruno, Richard Edlund, William Neil, and Garry Waller)
- DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerCarl WeathersKevin Peter HallA team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects (Richard and Robert M. Greenberg, Joel Hynek, and Stan Winston)
- DirectorGeorge MillerStarsJack NicholsonCherSusan SarandonThree single women in a picturesque village have their wishes granted, at a cost, when a mysterious and flamboyant man arrives in their lives.Oscar nominations for Best Original Score (John Williams); Best Sound (Wayne Artman, Tom Beckert, Tom E. Dahl, and Art Rochester)
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsAlec BaldwinGeena DavisMichael KeatonThe spirits of a deceased couple are harassed by an unbearable family that has moved into their home, and hire a malicious spirit to drive them out.Oscar win for Best Makeup (Steve La Porte, Ve Neill, and Robert Short)
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsJohnny DeppWinona RyderDianne WiestThe solitary life of an artificial man - who was incompletely constructed and has scissors for hands - is upended when he is taken in by a suburban family.Oscar nomination for Best Actor (Johnny Depp)
- DirectorRob ReinerStarsJames CaanKathy BatesRichard FarnsworthAfter a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.Oscar win for Best Actress (Kathy Bates)
- DirectorBarry SonnenfeldStarsAnjelica HustonRaul JuliaChristopher LloydCon artists plan to fleece an eccentric family using an accomplice who claims to be their long-lost uncle.Oscar nomination for Best Costume Design (Ruth Myers)
- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsJodie FosterAnthony HopkinsScott GlennA young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.Oscar wins for Best Picture, Best Actor (Anthony Hopkins), Best Actress (Jodie Foster), Best Director (Jonathan Demme), Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published (Ted Tally)
Oscar nominations for Best Film Editing (Craig McKay), Best Sound (Tom Fleischman and Christopher Newman) - DirectorDavid FincherStarsSigourney WeaverCharles S. DuttonCharles DanceReturning from LV-426, Ellen Ripley crash-lands on the maximum-security prison Fiorina 161, where she discovers that she has unwittingly brought along an unwelcome visitor.Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects (Richard Edlund, George Gibbs, Alec Gillis, and Tom Woodruff Jr.)
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsGary OldmanWinona RyderAnthony HopkinsThe centuries old vampire Count Dracula comes to England to seduce his barrister Jonathan Harker's fiancée Mina Murray and inflict havoc in the foreign land.Oscar wins for Best Costume Design (Eiko Ishioka); Best Makeup (Michèle Burke, Greg Cannom, and Matthew W. Mungle); Best Sound Effects Editing (Tom McCarthy and David E. Stone)
Oscar nomination for Best Art Direction (Thomas E. Sanders (set decoration by Garry Lewis)) - DirectorBarry SonnenfeldStarsAnjelica HustonRaul JuliaChristopher LloydThe Addams Family try to rescue their beloved Uncle Fester from his gold-digging new love, a black widow named Debbie.Oscar nomination for Best Art Direction (Ken Adam (set decoration by Marvin March))
- DirectorHenry SelickStarsDanny ElfmanChris SarandonCatherine O'HaraJack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects (Gordon Baker, Pete Kozachik, Eric Leighton, and Ariel Velasco Shaw)
- DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsRobert De NiroKenneth BranaghHelena Bonham CarterWhen the brilliant but unorthodox scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein rejects the artificial man that he has created, the Creature escapes and later swears revenge.Oscar nomination for Best Makeup (Paul Engelen, Carol Hemming, and Daniel Parker)
- DirectorNeil JordanStarsBrad PittTom CruiseAntonio BanderasA vampire tells his epic life story: love, betrayal, loneliness, and hunger.Oscar nominations for Best Art Direction (Dante Ferretti (set decoration by Francesca Lo Schiavo)), Best Original Score (Elliot Goldenthal)
- DirectorJohn DilworthStarsHoward HoffmanIn this pilot for Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999), Courage, the cowardly dog of an oblivious elderly couple that lives on a remote farm, must defend them from a malicious space chicken bent on conquest and its mutagenic eggs.Oscar nomination for Best Animated Short Film
- DirectorChris BaileyStarsWayne AllwineRussi TaylorKelsey GrammerIn an attempt to convince Minnie that he hasn't forgotten to buy her an anniversary present, Mickey Mouse ends up promising to take her to Hawaii. Funds being short, he applies for a job as lab assistant to the sinister Dr. Frankenollie, who happens to be searching for a donor to provide his monstrous creation with a brain...Oscar nomination for Best Animated Short Film
- DirectorStephen SommersStarsBrendan FraserRachel WeiszJohn HannahAt an archaeological dig in the ancient city of Hamunaptra, an American serving in the French Foreign Legion accidentally awakens a mummy who begins to wreak havoc as he searches for the reincarnation of his long-lost love.Oscar nomination for Best Sound (Chris Carpenter, Rick Kline, Chris Munro, and Leslie Shatz)
- DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsBruce WillisHaley Joel OsmentToni ColletteMalcolm Crowe, a child psychologist, starts treating a young boy, Cole, who encounters dead people and convinces him to help them. In turn, Cole helps Malcolm reconcile with his estranged wife.Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director (M. Night Shyamalan), Best Film Editing (Andrew Mondshein), Best Original Screenplay (M. Night Shyamalan), Best Supporting Actor (Haley Joel Osment), Best Supporting Actress (Toni Collette)
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsJohnny DeppChristina RicciMiranda RichardsonIchabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of three people; the culprit is legendary apparition The Headless Horseman.Oscar win for Best Art Direction (Rick Heinrichs (set decoration by Peter Young))
Oscar nominations for Best Cinematography (Emmanuel Lubezki), Best Costume Design (Colleen Atwood) - DirectorPaul VerhoevenStarsKevin BaconElisabeth ShueJosh BrolinA brilliant scientist's discovery renders him invisible, but transforms him into an omnipotent, dangerous megalomaniac.Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects (Scott E. Anderson, Craig Hayes, Stan Parks, and Scott Stokdyk)
- DirectorE. Elias MerhigeStarsJohn MalkovichWillem DafoeUdo KierThe filming of Nosferatu (1922) is hampered by the fact that its star Max Schreck is taking the role of a vampire far more seriously than seems humanly possible.Oscar nominations for Best Makeup (Ann Buchanan and Amber Sibley), Best Supporting Actor (Willem Dafoe)
- DirectorTim BurtonMike JohnsonStarsJohnny DeppHelena Bonham CarterEmily WatsonWhen a shy groom practices his wedding vows in the inadvertent presence of a deceased young woman, she rises from the grave assuming he has married her.Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature
- DirectorSteve BoxNick ParkStarsPeter SallisHelena Bonham CarterRalph FiennesWallace and his loyal dog, Gromit, set out to discover the mystery behind the garden sabotage that plagues their village and threatens the annual giant vegetable growing contest.Oscar win for Best Animated Feature
- DirectorGil KenanStarsMitchel MussoSam LernerSpencer LockeThree teens discover that their neighbor's house is really a living, breathing, scary monster.Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature
- DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsIvana BaqueroAriadna GilSergi LópezIn the Falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.Oscar wins for Best Art Direction (Eugenio Caballero (set decoration by Pilar Revuelta)), Best Cinematography (Guillermo Navarro), Best Makeup (David Martí and Montse Ribé)
Oscar nominations for Best Foreign Language Film (Mexico), Best Original Score (Javier Navarrete), Best Original Screenplay (Guillermo del Toro) - DirectorTim BurtonStarsJohnny DeppHelena Bonham CarterAlan RickmanThe legendary tale of a barber who returns from wrongful imprisonment to 1840s London, bent on revenge for the rape and death of his wife, and resumes his trade while forming a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett.Oscar win for Best Art Direction (Dante Ferretti (set decoration by Francesca Lo Schiavo))
Oscar nominations for Best Actor (Johnny Depp), Best Costume Design (Colleen Atwood) - DirectorHenry SelickStarsDakota FanningTeri HatcherJohn HodgmanWandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, an 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a frighteningly real sacrifice.Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature
- DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsNatalie PortmanMila KunisVincent CasselNina is a talented but unstable ballerina on the verge of stardom. Pushed to the breaking point by her artistic director and a seductive rival, Nina's grip on reality slips, plunging her into a waking nightmare.Oscar win for Best Actress (Natalie Portman)
Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Cinematography (Matthew Libatique), Best Director (Darren Aronofsky), Best Film Editing (Andrew Weisblum) - DirectorJoe JohnstonStarsBenicio Del ToroAnthony HopkinsEmily BluntUpon his return to his ancestral homeland, an American man is bitten and subsequently cursed by a werewolf.Oscar win for Best Makeup (Rick Baker and Dave Elsey)
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsWinona RyderCatherine O'HaraMartin ShortWhen a boy's beloved dog passes away suddenly, he attempts to bring the animal back to life through a powerful science experiment.Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature
- DirectorChris ButlerSam FellStarsKodi Smit-McPheeAnna KendrickChristopher Mintz-PlasseA misunderstood boy takes on ghosts, zombies and grown-ups to save his town from a centuries-old curse.Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsNoomi RapaceLogan Marshall-GreenMichael FassbenderFollowing clues to the origin of mankind, a team finds a structure on a distant moon, but they soon realize they are not alone.Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects (Charley Henley, Martin Hill, Richard Stammers, and Trevor Wood)
- DirectorJan LachauerMax LangStarsSimon PeggGillian AndersonRob BrydonTo the annoyance of her cat a kindly witch allows a dog, a bird and a frog who have helped her retrieve things she has lost to ride on her broomstick, making it top heavy. The broom is destroyed by a fire-breathing dragon who threatens to eat the witch but the creatures band together to impersonate a monster and save her. As a result she fashions a luxurious new broom with seats on which they can all ride comfortably.Oscar nomination for Best Animated Short Film
- DirectorJordan PeeleStarsDaniel KaluuyaAllison WilliamsBradley WhitfordA young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point.Oscar win for Best Original Screenplay (Jordan Peele)
Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor (Daniel Kaluuya), Best Director (Jordan Peele) - DirectorJohn KrasinskiStarsEmily BluntJohn KrasinskiMillicent SimmondsA family struggles for survival in a world where most humans have been killed by blind but noise-sensitive creatures. They are forced to communicate in sign language to keep the creatures at bay.Oscar nomination for Best Sound Editing (Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn)
- DirectorRobert EggersStarsRobert PattinsonWillem DafoeValeriia KaramanTwo lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography (Jarin Blaschke)